Week Two

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Group Roles:Facilitator: Melissa
Coach: Paul
Reporter: Larry
Resource Manager: Andrea

Things to do:

  1. Upcoming Conference Call

    • October 1, 2009
    • 8:00 PM ESD
    • Telephone number: 1-605-715-4900
    • Access Code: 726641#

  2. Johari Window

    • You must work with your supervisor to complete this assignment. Initial posting by Friday, October 2, final posting by Monday, October 5.

  3. Effective Instruction

    • Melissa will begin a discussion thread on the Team D forum. Topic will be effective instruction strategies. Such strategies might include, cooperative learning, Project-based learning, learning centers, problem-solving, concept-mapping, or technology integration. Initial posting by Friday, October 2, final posting by Monday, October 5.
    • After all initial posts are made, Melissa is going to post an additional question to answer. This post will be up on Saturday morning, as all initial posts are due by Friday evening! Thanks MVPs!!!!!
  4. Individual Blog Reflection
    • Please post a reflection about various seating arrangements in your school. Check the CTE website for guidelines. Due Monday, October 5.

  5. Observations

    • Team members should be working to complete Assignments #1 and #2 at this time. These assignments are observations, which will include working with your supervisor to complete. These assignments also have a typed-paper portion. Please follow all directions and rubric guidelines carefully. We should talk about these assignments during the conference call on Thursday, October 1.

Activities completed:

  1. Conference Call on Thursday, 1 October
  2. Johari Windows
    • Andrea, Paul, and Melissa's Johari Windows are present on the initial thread due Friday, October 2. Please make 2 additional comments by Monday, October 5. Larry does not seem to have an initial post for peers to comment on. Facilitator (Melissa has highlighted, in red, the Johari Window assignment on "Things to Do", posted Wednesday, September 30). Please update if this is not the case. As of Tuesday, October 6, only Paul, Andrea, and Melissa posted a Johari Window to the Team Discussion Forum.
  3. Effective Instruction
    • All team members posted initial responses and an additional 2 responses in a timely manner.
  4. Blog Reflections
    • Although this is an individual activity, Paul,Andrea, and Melissa have included a link to access their blogs on the home page of the Team Wiki. We can read and respond to each others' work.